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Satellites are making our food more secure and sustainable, says Leicester expert
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/satellites-space-technology-food-sustainable
Earth observation expert Professor Heiko Balzter speaks as University of Leicester holds Food and Land Use Summit, where Leicester experts demonstrated how the space sector is playing a role in monitoring land use, tracking deforestation, and assessing agricultural...
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BBC Gardener Nick Bailey donates entire garden to the University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/bbc-gardener-nick-bailey-donates-garden
Director of the University of Leicester Botanic Garden kindly donates plants from his headline ‘Plant-based’ garden showcased at BBC Gardener’s World Live
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Migrant status compounds inequality for ethnic minority NHS staff, new study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/ethnic-minority-healthcare-workers
Ethnic minority healthcare workers who are also born overseas face a double disadvantage due to the combined effects of ethnicity and migrant status, according to new research by University of Leicester experts.
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Medical students meet best-selling author, comedian and NHS psychiatrist, Dr Benji Waterhouse
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/medical-students-benji-waterhouse-leicester
It’s not every day you get to meet a best-selling author, comedian and NHS psychiatrist, but that's what Medical with Foundation Year Students at the University of Leicester did.
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University of Leicester creates five-week Black History Month celebration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/bhm-round-up
The University of Leicester is holding a number of events to mark Black History Month, alongside its Students’ Union and Attenborough Arts Centre.
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EMSYCAR
https://le.ac.uk/timms/research/older-projects/emsycar
Find out more about the East Midlands & South Yorkshire Congenital Anomalies Register research at the University of Leicester.
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Supporting individuals to speak out
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/medrace/medrace-projects/speaking-out
A summary of MedRACE projects that support students to speak out about inequalities and issues of inclusion, racism or discrimination.
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Transforming policy
https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/impact/transforming-policy
Home Office report (2016) Home Office report (2018) Commission For Countering Extremism Report (2019) Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport Report (2020)|Finally, the CHS has shaped the development of new policies, strategies and laws by being appointed as members on...
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Geology at Leicester news
https://le.ac.uk/geology/news/geology-news
Browse news stories published directly by our team in Geology at Leicester.
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Pioneering research by the University of Leicester into chronic kidney disease has received a £4 million boost
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/kidney-donation
The Stoneygate Trust and the University of Leicester are providing significant funding to turbocharge a number of key kidney research initiatives by renal experts